Module Five: History and Religion

This module includes topics related to major topics of history of Uzbekistan. Learners will read legends about Temurid princesses and learn historical-religious terminology.

Target Standards

Communication: Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

Cultures: Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

Connections: Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.

Comparisons: Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Communities: Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.

Set Goals and Objectives

Aynur is a historian. She studies at Indiana University. Aynur is doing research on the history of Central Asia in XII-XV centuries.Tomas is doing research on religious studies. He is writing a book about sacred places in Central Asia and Pakistan. Tomas wants to become familiar with the religious literature in Uzbek. They both want to learn more about the following topics: